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Kelly Touts DHS’ Role In Limiting Ransomware Attack In U.S.

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) played the key role in limiting the impact to computers and networks in the U.S. from a recent cyber security attack infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide with ransomware, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on May 24.Kelly told the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee that there was a “tremendous” interagency partnership among federal agencies but that “everyone,” including the National Security Agency and FBI, deferred to his “command center.”“We defended the country…

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